Question

Recycling paper is the best way to protect trees. Recycling prevents trees from being cut down and used for paper and other products. According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees. If everyone in the United States recycled just a small portion of their newspapers, we could save 25 million trees. People should recycle paper and use recycled products whenever they can to save our forests.
Which statement expresses the reasons in this argument?

More people should recycle in general.
Trees are important to the overall environment.
Recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees.
Recycling helps stop trees from being cut down.

Answer 1

The answer is trees are important to the overall environment.

Answer 2

The last one I think